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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Gauntlet at Sukma"
- Gauntlet - a thick heavy glove that you wear to protect your hand and lower arm
- Ambush - to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them
- Writ - the authority to rule or make laws
- Tempting - if something is tempting, you want to do or have it
- Desperate - very serious or bad
- Fading - to become less famous or less important
- Insurgent - someone who is fighting against the government in their own country
- Wake-up call - if something that happens is a wake-up call, it should make you realize that you need to take action to change a situation
- Beef up something - to make something stronger or more important
- Heartland - the part of a country that is most important for a particular activity
- Sustained - to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss
- Injury - physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or an attack
- Battalion - a military unit consisting of three or more companies
- Mortar - a large gun with a short, wide barrel (= a part shaped like a tube) that fires bombs or other explosives very high into the air, or an explosive device shot from such a gun
- Mounted - fixed
- Extremist - someone who has beliefs that most people think are unreasonable and unacceptable
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed in the past
- Precision - the qualities of being careful and accurate
- Formidable - causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, or difficult
- Sway - control or influence
- Stronghold - a place or area where a particular belief or activity is common
- Convoy - a group of vehicles or ships that travel together, especially for protection
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Toll - the total number of people who have been killed or hurt
- Civilians - people who do not belong to the armed forces or the police
- Personnel - the people who work for a company or organization, or who are members of a military force
- Patchy - happening or existing in some places but not in other places
- Consistently - in a way that does not vary
- Insurgency - an occasion when a group of people attempt to take control of their country by force
- Undermine - to make something or someone become gradually less effective, confident, or successful
- Flagging - becoming weaker, more tired, or less enthusiastic
- Absence - a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry, or sport, or the skill of planning for such situations
- Merely - used to emphasize that you mean exactly what you are saying and nothing more
- Ideology - a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based
- Well-oiled - working easily and effectively
- Machinery - the structure and systems of an organization or process
- Robust - strong
- Welfare - help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have enough money
- Ultimately - after a process or activity has ended
- Put something forward - to offer an idea, opinion, reason etc, especially so that people can discuss it and make a decision
- Might - used to make a suggestion or suggest a possibility in a polite way
- Exhibit - to show something publicly
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "It’s complicated"
- Referendum - a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their opinion about or decide an important political or social question
- Escalate - to become or make something become greater or more serious
- High-voltage - very exciting and full of energy
- Campaign - a series of things that a politician or political party does to try to win an election
- Constitutional - allowed by the constitution of a country or organization
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Relatively - in comparison with someone or something similar
- Stable - firmly fixed or not likely to move or change
- Glitch - a small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should
- Ally - a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one
- Drew up - to prepare something
- Rally - a public meeting of a large group of people, especially supporters of a particular opinion
- Mobilise - if you mobilize a group of people, or if they mobilize, they come together in order to achieve something
- Repercussion - the effect that an action, event, or decision has on something, especially a bad effect
- Spat - a short argument
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
- Address - to to someone
- Fascist - someone who supports a political system based on a very powerful leader, state control, and being extremely proud of country and race, and in which political opposition is not allowed
- Remnant - a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount
- Deteriorate - to become worse
- Rapidly - quickly
- Thereafter - continuing on from a particular point in time, especially after something else has stopped happening
- Effectively - in a way that is successful and achieves what you want
- Ambassador - an important official who works in a foreign country representing his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country
- Scrap - to not continue with a system or plan or agreement
- Curb - to control or limit something that is not wanted
- Migrant - a person that travels to a different country or place, often in order to find work
- Ambitious - having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich
- Overhaul - to repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should
- Majority - the larger number or part of something
- Handpick - choose very carefully
- Uncontested - used to describe a decision or result which nobody opposes or disagrees with
- Diplomatic - acting in a way that does not cause offence
- Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
- Electorate - all the people who are allowed to vote
- Outreach - an effort to bring services or information to people where they live or spend time
- Loyalty - support that you always give to someone or something because of your feelings of duty and love towards them
- Dividend - profit
- Endangering - to put someone or something at risk or in danger of being harmed, damaged, or destroyed
- Prospect - the possibility that something might happen in the future
- Unwise - stupid and likely to cause problems
- Opted - to make a choice or decision
- Showdown - a big meeting, argument, or fight that finally settles a disagreement between people or proves who is the best
- Aspect - one part of a situation, problem, subject, etc
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